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A mediation of the CIVS allows the restitution by Switzerland of a stolen work of art
Monday, March 12 th, the Museum of Fine Artsof La Chaux-de-Fonds returned a stolen work of art. The mediation of the Commission for the compensation of victims of spoliations has found a way out to ten years a standoff between the Swiss municipality and the rights holders.
The CIVS participates in conference on Holocaust Era Assets in Prague from 26th to 30th June 2009
Commission representatives participate in this event which will mark the end of the European
A first bill for the return or restitution of looted works of art
In summer 2020 the Commission underlined the need for a legislation to allow the removal of looted artworks from public collections. In his Report addressed to the Prime Minister, the President of the CIVS also recommended the adoption of such a bill, which alone “will make it possible to meet the requirement of memory, justice and efficiency” expected.
1999-2009 Activity Report
Since its creation and as at 31 December 2009, the Commission has registered 26,470
Discover the eleventh issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the tenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
Discover the tenth issue of the European restitution committees newsletter
The Network of European Restitution Committees has published the tenth issue of the newsletter. To consult it
A bill soon to be tabled to return a Klimt painting
On March 15, the Minister of Culture announced the return of “Roses under the Trees”, by Gustav Klimt looted in Austria.
Facebook page
The CIVS recently developed a Facebook page. The aim of this page is, on one hand,
The 2016 activity report has just been published
This year, on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Washington agreement, he focuses his thematic part to bank spoliations. It also processes on the search for legal heirs and the exploitation of new archive resources.
The CIVS at the Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial
On 7 April, the CIVS visited the Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, the site of the main internment camp in the south of France between 1941 and 1942.
